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bowl

Object type

Museum number

1939,1010.81

Description

Shallow silver bowl. At the centre of the bowl is an inscribed roundel, placed in the centre of an equal-armed cross running from below the rim. The arms of the cross are decorated with a chased star motif. The central roundel has an eight-petalled flower design in the centre, with fine engraving inside each panel. The bowl has a beaded rim with two concentric narrow lines of engraving inside the bowl, just below the rim. Half of the beaded rim is missing. One of a set of ten, 1939,1010.78-87.